Meteor Stadium () is a
multi-purpose stadium
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in
Dnipro
Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants. It is located in the eastern part of Ukraine, southeast of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on the Dnieper River, Dnipro River, from which it takes its name. Dnipro is t ...
,
Ukraine
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. It is part of the
Sports Complex Meteor and is a home of the Olympic and Paralympic teams of Ukraine with status ''national''.
Overview
It is used for various Olympic sports and
football
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matches, and for quite some time was the home of
FC Dnipro
Football Club Dnipro (, ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club played its last season in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur League. The club was owned by Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi.
In 2018, FC Dnipro was forced ...
. The stadium can hold 24,381 people. It has lighting 1,200
lux
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.
The main city club
FC Dnipro
Football Club Dnipro (, ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club played its last season in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur League. The club was owned by Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi.
In 2018, FC Dnipro was forced ...
relocated to
Dnipro Stadium (which was built in place of the old Metalurh Stadium) after a long spell at the Meteor in 1966-2008.
The stadium also has athletics tracks, a badminton hall with four courts, a wrestling hall, three tennis courts and two weightlifting rooms.
History
The first football match was played on 30 August 1966 against
Shinnik Yaroslavl which Dnipro won 3:1.
On 15 October 1981, a major tragedy took place after a game of the
1981 Soviet Top League between Dnipro and
Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia:
* FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club
* HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team
* Spartak GM Moscow, a semi-professional rugby club
* ...
, after which 11 people died during a mass exit from the stadium.
[Moskalenko, Dmytro. ]
Mystery of Meteor
'. football.ua. October 25, 2011.
Games of the
Ukraine national football team
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References
External links
* http://gorod.dp.ua/photo/usergorod/2008/10/20/20962.JPG
Official website Forum of Dnipro preservation.
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1966 establishments in Ukraine
Sport in Dnipro
Football venues in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
Multi-purpose stadiums in Ukraine
Buildings and structures in Dnipro
Athletics (track and field) venues in Ukraine
FC Dnipro
Sports venues in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast